pruning hook

noun

1. an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.

pruning hook

noun

1. a tool with a curved steel blade terminating in a hook, used for pruning

Word History and Origins

Origin of pruning hook¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

He wears a conical hat, and grasps a crutch with one hand while he holds a pruning hook in the other.

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A meditative man in his sixth lustrum can be very happy with pruning-hook and shears among his young trees.

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The spear is not to be broken and thrown away; it is to be converted into a pruning-hook.

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If at the time he caused the death, he was working in his vineyard, the pruning-hook must be left to rust on the branch.

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If you are doing any of these things, get out the pruning hook of good resolution and the sharp ax of determination.

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